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Very learned women are to be found, in the same manner as female warriors; but they are seldom or ever inventors.

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Fear follows crime and is its punishment.

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Democracy is just a filler for textbooks! Do you actually believe that public opinion influences the government?

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He who seeks truth should be of no country.

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One should always aim at being interesting, rather than exact.

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Liberty, then, about which so many volumes have been written is, when accurately defined, only the power of acting.

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When you arise in the morning, give thanks for the morning light, for your life and strength. Give thanks for your food, and the joy of living. Tecumseh Appreciation is a wonderful thing; it makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.

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Men must have somewhat altered the course of nature; for they were not born wolves, yet they have become wolves. God did not give them twenty-four-pounders or bayonets, yet they have made themselves bayonets and guns to destroy each other. In the same category I place not only bankruptcies, but the law which carries off the bankrupts’ effects, so as to defraud their creditors.

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All succeeds with people who are sweet and cheerful.

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The progress of rivers to the ocean is not so rapid as that of man to error.

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Man is free at the instant he wants to be.

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Los Padres have everything and the people have nothing; 'tis the masterpiece of reason and justice. For my part, I know nothing so divine as Los Padres who make war on Kings of Spain and Portugal and in Europe act as their confessors; who here kill Spaniards and at Madrid send them to Heaven.

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It is not the answers you give, but the questions you ask.

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All the ancient histories, as one of our wits say, are just fables that have been agreed upon

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A witty quote proves nothing.

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The most genuine and efficacious charity is that which greases the paws of the priests; such charity covers a multitude of sins.

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One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.

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It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.

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The sovereign is called a tyrant who knows no laws but his caprice.

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The spirit of property doubles a man's strength.

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